Books we Buy
The List below is a selection of the Authors and Titles which we are always looking to buy,mostly First Editions in Dust-Wrappers preferably.This is not a complete list as there are other Authors that we would consider.We travel anywhere in the UK to visit large collections,or you are welcome to bring the books to us for evaluation or for sale
We would be very interested to hear from you if you have a collection or library of Rare Literature,Modern First Editions,Children’s and Illustrated books,Sporting Books,especially Big Game Hunting,Field Sports,boxing,billiards,football and Golf.We also buy Significant Signed Books in any field,Mountaineering,Travel and books on the Arctic and Polar Exploration
If You have anything of interest please do not hesitate to contact us on 01254 247 874
or e-mail richard.thorntonbooks@btinternet.com
George Orwell – We buy any UK First Editions by this Author – especially first editions prior to 1945
Roald Dahl: Particularly signed or UK first UK Editions Published by Jonathan Cape in dust wrappers
Evelyn Waugh: We are always looking for First UK Editions in Dust-Jacket
E E Cummings: ‘Enormous Room’ First US Edition 1922 and UK Firsts
Charles Darwin Any Early Hardbacks
TE Lawrence Seven Pillars First Edition
William Golding – Lord of the Flies or any Signed UK First Editions
John Le Carre First Edition in Dust-Jacket or any Signed Copies
Rendell,Ruth Any Titles Pre 1980
Moore,Brian Judith Hearne
Sayers,D.L Any Crime Titles in Dust-Jacket
Murdoch,Iris First Five Books in Dust-Jacket or any Signed Titles
Science Fiction Any Rare First Editions in Dust-Jacket
Philip Larkin pre 1960 First Editions In Dust-Jacket
Snow,C.P Any Signed First Editions in Dust-Jacket
Chandler,Raymond Any First Editions in Dust-Jacket
Herbert,Frank Dune in Dust-Jacket
Mitchell,Gladys Pre 1940 Titles in Dust-Jacket
Greene.Graham Any Pre 1940 Titles with or without Dust-Jackets
Stoker,Bram Dracula
Waugh,Evelyn Any Signed Firsts or Pre 1980
Chatwin,Bruce In Patagonia
Banks,Iain The Wasp Factory
Hornby,Nick Fever Pitch
A A Milne: Any First Editions
E B White – ‘Stuart Little’/’Charlotte’s Web’ First Editions UK in dust wrappers
Enid Blyton – Any First Editions with Dust-Wrappers,Any Signed Books/Letters/Photographs
J K Rowling – The Philosopher’s Stone First UK Edition 1997 hardcover or any Signed Editions
Richmal Crompton – Any Just William First Editions in hardback and with Dust-Jackets
J R R Tolkien – Any first Editions first issue editions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King in dust wrappers – or Second Editions 1966 in Dust-Wrappers
WH Johns: Biggles/Gimlet,Worrals First Editions/Nice Reprints in D/J
Enid Blyton Any First Editions in Dustwrapper/Signed Copies/Famous Five/Adventure Series
SPORTING BOOKS Any good Billiards,Golf,Polo,Football,Boxing Books or Anything Signed Considered.
LITERATURE
Agatha Christie: We are always willing to buy any Pre-1952 First Editions published by Collins in Dust-Wrappers
Alan Sillitoe: Any Signed First Editions in dust jackets including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’.
Albert Camus: ‘The Outsider’ First UK Edition 1946
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World First Edition with or without Dust-Jackets and any signed titles.
Aleister Crowley: Moonchild First Edition Published By Mandrake Press 1929
Anthony Burgess – ‘A Clockwork Orange’ & The Malayan Trilogy or any signed First UK Editions
Anthony Powell – Any Pre-1964 First Editions in the ‘Dance To The Music of Time’ series – published by Heinemann or any Signed Copies
Arthur C Clarke – ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey First UK Edition 1968 or Signed Titles
Arthur Conan Doyle – ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ and ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’ First Editions published by George Newnes
Hines, Barry – A Kestrel for a Knave – First UK Edition published by Michael Joseph
Isherwood, Christopher – Any Pre-1955 first UK editions in dust jackets or any signed editions, Published by The Hogarth Press Press
Lawrence, D H – Any first editions prior to 1940 in Dust-Jacket
Colin Dexter – Any first editions in jackets published before 1980
C S Lewis – Any ‘Narnia’ First Editions in dust jackets published by Bles/The Bodley Head
Daphne Du Maurier – Signed First Editions/Limited Editions
Dick Francis – First Editions in Dust-wrapper prior to 1968
EM Forster – Any first editions with or without dust-Jackets and any signed First Editions
Ernest Hemingway – Any US or UK First Editions in Dust-Wrappers
Frank Herbert – Dune First UK Edition Published by Gollancz, 1966
Franz Kafka – Any first editions published by Martin Secker
HG Wells – UK First Editions published before 1910 and any with dust wrappers
Jack Kerouac – ‘On The Road’ First UK Edition published by Andre Deutsch and any others published by Andre Deutsch
JD Salinger – ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ First UK or US Edition
JG Ballard – Any First UK Editions of ‘Crash’ published by Cape and any published by Gollancz. Any signed books also wanted
J M Barrie – Any First UK Editions
John Buchan – Any early First UK Editions
John Fowles – Pre-1970 UK First Editions and ANY signed material or first editions
John Le Carre – Any First UK Editions or any Signed First Editions in Dust-Wrappers
Joseph Heller – First UK Edition of Catch 22 published by Cape 1962 in dust wrapper
Ken Kesey – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest First UK Edition
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows First or Early Editions Wanted
Kurt Vonnegut – Any First UK Editions or any Signed Copies Reprints
Lawrence Durrell – Any Signed Uk First Editions
Len Deighton Any Signed First UK Editions
Malcolm Lowry – Ultramarine or Under the Volcane First UK Editions
Martin Amis – His First Three Books or any Signed Copies
Mervyn Peake – Any UK Gormenghast Novels Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode
Muriel Spark – Any Signed First Editions or any Titles published before 1964
Christopher Isherwood All Signed First Editions in dust wrappers
Oscar Wilde – Any First Editions
Patricia Highsmith – Any UK First Editions Prior to 1970
Charteris,Leslie Any Signed Firsts
Patrick Hamilton – First UK Editions prior to 1950
Patrick O’Brian – Any First Editions Pre 1990 and any Signed Copies
Philip K Dick – Any First Editions in D/J
Philip Pullman – Northern Lights,The Subtle Knife First UK Editions and Any signed titles
Ronald Welch – All First Editions in Dust-Wrappers
Mike Tomkies Any Signed Copies
Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 First UK Edition,or any Signed First editions
RD Wingfield – A Touch of Frost First UK Edition in dust wrapper
Reginald Hill – Any Dalziel and Pascoe Collins Crime Club First Editions up to 1981
Richard Adams – Watership Down First UK Edition published by Rex Collings
Richmal Crompton – Any ‘William’ first editions in hardback and with wrappers pre-1950
Robert Bloch – Psycho First UK Edition published by Robert Hale
Robert Graves – ‘I, Claudius’, ‘Good-Bye To All That’ First UK Edition Published by Jonathan Cape in 1928
Robert Harris – Fatherland First UK Edition Hutchinson 1992
Salman Rushdie – Midnight’s Children First UK Edition or Satanic Verses First UK Edition any Signed copies of either
Seamus Heaney – Signed copies or any First UK Editions before 1995, especially signed
Sebastian Faulks – A Trick of the Light, The Girl at the Lion d’Or or Birdsong First UK Editions
Siegfried Sassoon – Anything before 1940 in dust wrapper and anything signed
Stanley Middleton – Holiday First UK Edition in dust wrapper and also signed
Stella Gibbons – Cold Comfort Farm First Edition in the dust wrapper
Stephen King – Any pre-1980 first editions, UK or US, proof copies, signed copies and limited editions.
Sylvia Plath – Ariel, The Collosus First UK Editions Heinemann or Faber & Faber
T E Lawrence – Seven Pillars of Wisdom First Edition published by Jonathan Cape
Ted Hughes – Signed copies and all First UK Editions (The Iron Man, A Hawk in the Rain) published by Faber
Terry Pratchett – Any first Editions or Signed Copies and any Limited Editions
Thomas Pynchon – First UK Editions of V, The Crying of Lot 49 or Gravity’s Rainbow
Truman Capote – US First Editions up to 1950, any signed copies.
TS Eliot – First UK Editions, and any signed
Ursula Le Guin – Hardbacks pre-1980 First UK Editions and any signed
Virginia Woolf/Leonard – Any First UK Editions published by The Hogarth Press and in dust-Jacket Anything Signed
Bloomsbury Any Interesting collections Roger Fry/Vanessa Bell/Lytton Strachey/Vanessa Bell
Vladimir Nabokov – Any UK first editions considered
VS Naipaul – First editions up to In a Free State (1971) – anything signed
Arthur C Clarke
Roger Zelazny First Editions
W E Johns – Any first editions in Dust Jackets, without dust jackets considered for early novels
Iris Murdoch Any First Editions or Anything Signed
O’Brian,Patrick First Editions in Dust-Jacket
William Gibson – Neuromancer UK First Edition (Gollancz, 1984) With or without jacket
William S Burroughs – Any first editions published before 1960, or signed editions
William Trevor – First Editions Published before 1970 wanted
Forester,C.S. Pre 1952 First Editions in Dust-Jackets
George MacDonald Fraser Flashman Firsts Editions or Signed Copies
JL Carr One Day In Summer any Signed First Editions
